Open versus robot-assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation: Hospital charges analysis and outcomes at a single institution

Robot-assisted laparoscopic extravesical ureteral reimplantation has previously been described as a viable minimally invasive option to open surgery. However, concerns for robotic surgery have been raised owing to assumed higher costs and heterogeneous clinical outcomes. We hypothesized that similar hospital charges and clinical outcomes occur when comparing open and robotic cases in matched cohorts.

Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery - January 15, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Rodolfo A. Elizondo, Jason K. Au, Sang Hoon Song, Gene O. Huang, Wei Zhang, Huirong Zhu, Nicolette Janzen, Abhishek Seth, David R. Roth, Duong T. Tu, Chester J. Koh Source Type: research